Vernon W Baird, Sr

1906 - 1976  (70 years)

• Name	Vernon W Baird
  Suffix	Sr
  Nickname	Frog
  Born	21 May 1906	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Aug 1976	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	27 Aug 1976	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I902	Rossville
  Last Modified	9 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Edward Baird,   b. 1 Jun 1876, Birds, Lawrence County, Illinois ,   d. 23 Jun 1938, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Sadie Viola Oldham Baird,   b. 26 Aug 1888, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 8 Oct 1983, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 95 years)
  Married	1905	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Family ID	F274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernestine L Sargent Baird,   b. 1 Feb 1913, Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas ,   d. 11 Dec 2002, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 89 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1941
  Children	+ 1. Vernon W Baird, Jr.,   b. 27 May 1943,   d. 3 Apr 2022  (Age 78 years)   2. George Baird   3. Mary E (Susie) Baird Miller,   b. 29 Sep 1947,   d. 7 Jun 2022  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2014 16:04:39
  Family ID	F269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Baird, Vernon 2 VERNON W. BAIRD Services were at 2 p.m. Friday in the United Methodist Church at Rossville for Vernon W. “Frog” Baird, 70, 3432 Bryant, Topeka, who died Tuesday, August 29, 1976 in a Topeka hospital. He was born May 21, 1906 at Rossville and lived in Topeka since 1925. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a marble setter. He was a member of Hesperian Lodge No. 111, AF&AM, at Rossville and Scottish Rite bodies in Topeka. He also was a member of Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville, and Local No. 3 of the Bricklayers Union. He was married to Ernestine Sargent on December 23, 1941. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Vernon W. Baird, Jr., Rossville, and George Baird, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Miller, Lincoln, Nebr.; his mother, Mrs. Sadie Baird, Rossville; a brother, Charles Baird, Neosho, Mo.; four sisters, Mrs. Edna Verhage, Tonganoxie, Mrs. Grace Henneke, Houston, Tex., Mrs. Jean Mee, Goodwell, Okla., and Mrs. Wilma Dolezilek, Rossville; and four grandchildren. Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion conducted graveside services at Rossville Cemetery under the direction of Parker Mortuary. Casket bearers were members of the American Legion Post in Rossville. Memorial contributions may be made to Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville.
  		Obituary- Baird, Vernon 1 See Obituary- Baird, Vernon 2 for transcription of obituary. Note his obituary has an incorrect date of death. The headstone is correct (August 24, 1976)